To prohibit any Executive agency from terminating employees during any period in which there is a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Prohibits the President and executive agency heads from removing nonpolitical executive-branch civil service employees during a lapse in discretionary appropriations.
Who Benefits and How
Federal civil service employees would receive protection against removal, including reductions in force, during shutdown-related funding lapses.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Executive agencies would lose shutdown-period workforce reduction flexibility for nonpolitical employees.
Key Provisions
- Bars civil-service removals during discretionary appropriations lapses.
- Covers removals including reductions in force.
- Excludes political appointees from the protection.
- Defines civil service, Executive agency, political appointee, and political position.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Prohibits the President and executive agency heads from removing nonpolitical executive-branch civil service employees during a lapse in discretionary appropriations.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Prohibits the President and executive agency heads from removing nonpolitical executive-branch civil service employees during a lapse in discretionary appropriations.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Career executive-branch civil service employees during appropriations lapses
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Presidents and executive agency heads managing shutdown workforces
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMrs. Cherfilus-McCormick (for herself, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Career executive-branch civil service employees protected from shutdown-period removal
Executive agency managers unable to conduct nonpolitical removals or reductions in force during funding lapses
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "president"
- → President
- "executive_agency_head"
- → Head of an Executive agency
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
An individual serving in an appointment to a political position.
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